Sample-display apparatus.



H. 0. JOHNSON. SAMPLE DISPLAY APPARATUS. APPLIoATIoN HLHD 11.13.23, 190s.

Patented May 18,v 1909.

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HENRY O. JOHNSON, OF VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA.

SAMPLE-DISPLAY APPARATUS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY O. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Virginia, in the county of St. Iiouis and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sample-Dis play Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to sample display apparatus, and has for its object the provision of means for displaying successive sets of samples of various fabrics, together with the appropriate trimming therefor, or for displaying successive sets of designs on paper, each set comprising a section of wall paper, a section of border paper and a section of ceiling paper, said sections being samples of papers appropriate for use in papering a single apartment. Vtlith these and other objects in view, it comprises the constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1, is a rear elevation of said invention, with the rear wall or cover omitted. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of said invention. Fig. 3, is a vertical section of said invention on the line A-B of Fig, 1. Fig. 4 is a detail plan view partly in section, of portions of gear lifting devices forming part of said invention.' Fig. 5, is a detail plan view partly in section of some other portions of gear lifting devices forming part of said invention. Fig. 6 is a detail plan view partly in section of some other portions of gear lifting apparatus forming part of said invention.

In the drawings, 1 is a casing in which are positioned the vertical partitions or supports, 2, 8, 4 and 5 and the horizontal partitions or supports, 2a, 8, 4at and 5a, or their mechanical equivalents of any suitable form or structure. 6 isa rotatable vertical shaft positioned within said casing, or housing, at one side thereof, upon which shaft and between the supports 2tL and 4a is keyed a spool? preferably having end flanges 7 a. Upon said shaft is splined a pinion 8 and a pinion 9. A rotatable vertical shaft 10 is mounted within said casing at the opposite side thereof, upon which latter shaft and between said supports 8a and 5a is keyed a spool 11, preferably having end flanges 11a. Upon said shaft 10 are Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led March 23, 1908.

Patented May 18, 1909.

Serial No. 422,618.

splined pinions 12 and 13. Each of said pinions 8, 9, 12 and 13, is provided with an annularly grooved hub.

Engaging the groove in the hub of the pinion 8, are jaws 14 (similar to the jaws 17 and 18) which are pivoted to the tines of a fork 19 (similar to the fork 20, Fig. 6) which fork 19 is rigidly secured to a rock bar, not shown, but similar to the rock shaft 21. rIhe first said rock shaft is journaled in the journal boX 22 and has rigidly secured to its opposite end a lever 23, to which is pivoted one end of a connecting rod 24, the opposite end of which rod is pivoted to one end of a lever 25, which is rigidly secured to one end of the said rock shaft 21 (Fig. 6). To said end of said rock shaft 21 is also rigidly secured (as by mounting it upon a squared end formed on said rock shaft) one end of a lever 26. Said rock shaft 21 is journaled in the journal box 27 and to the opposite end of said rock shaft 21 is rigidly secured the fork 20, to the tines of which are ivoted the aforesaid jaws 17 and 18, which jaws engage the groove in the hub of the pinion 9. The opposite end of the lever 26 is pivotall f connected to one end of a connecting bar 28 and the opposite end of said connecting bar 28 is connected to a wrist pin carried by an eccentric 29, which eccentric is rigidly secured to a rock shaft 29a ournaled in suitable bearings 29h. Also secured to said wrist pin is one end of a connecting link 80, the opposite end of which is pivotally secured to the power end of a lever 31, which is rigidly mounted. at its opposite end on one end of a rock shaft 82 journaled in bearings 32, rigidly mounted a lever 88, and upon said rock shaft is also rigidly mounted a fork 34, to the tines of which are pivotally secured the jaws 34d and 84h, which jaws are adapted to engage an annular' groove formed in the hub of the pinion 18. To the free end of the lever 88 is pivotally connected one end of a connecting rod 35, the opposite end of which is pivotally connected to the free end of a lever 86 which is rigidly secured at one end to a rock shaft (not shown, but similar to the rock shaft 82) to which rock shaft is rigidly secured a fork 37 tothe tines of which are pivotally secured jaws 38 adapted to engage anannular groove formed in the hub of the pinion 12.

Journaled in suitable bearings as 39 and 40, mounted on the support 2 and 3 respec- U on one end of said rock shaft 82 isV tively, is a spool 41, having a pinion 42 keyed to its shaft, which pinion is adapted. to be. enf,

gaged by the pinion 12 when the pinion 12 is' in operative position. Journaledinsuitaole bearings, as 43 and 44, and extending from, saidsupport 2 to said support 3, is aspool 45 having a pinion 46 keyedl to its shaft, which pinion 46 is adapted to beengaged lby-said pinion 8 When said inion 8 is in operative position, Journale yin suitable bearings .as 47 and 48 is .an idler spool149., Journaled ink suitable bearings as 50 and 51is anidler:

spool 52;- Journaled. in suitable bearings, `as 55and 54is aspool55havinga pinion=56 keyedlto its shaft, which pinioniis adapted to. be engaged. by lthe pinion13l whenl said` pinionllS is inoperative position. J ournaled.

11i-.suitable bearings as 57. 4and 58-is a spool 59 havinga pinion60 lreyedoto its shaft, which pinioniis adapted. to be, engaged by the pinionQ when said pinion 9 is in operative position. Y

61 is adrivegean keyedtoa shaft; extend,- ing throughone wall `ofthe casing and adaptedfto beturnedby any suitableI means, as byv a crank;62.- Saidgear 61 is adapted to ,enf gagethepllion 9 Whensaid pinion v9,1;isin

o .erative osition, but is set atsuoh an angle,

t .at it` .w1 not engage theupinion 60 at any time.,

gisadrivegear keyed tO e .Shaft extending ,thro-ughthe lwall ofthe `casing and, adagpt-y edto lbe I`turnedby any suitable means,.,as by a crank 64., aidgearA 163 is adaptedto be engaged by thex piniond when saidV pinion lislinoperative. osition, but isset at such, ananglethat it Wi linot engage the 191111.01156l at, any time.

The rock shaft ofthe` eccentric.

29,.extends through thev casing andmay bey rockedjby any suitable means,` as .by thel cranlr29". Said crankgfZQ: may be held at either end of. its

ing.

5and66are idleronguide rollers orspools mounted in suitable end bearings.; All ,of the path of travelI by -a Yspringblock29d. mounteduponthe face ofthe cas-.

spools 4L, 45, 49, 52,'55,g59, fandm arev parallel ,wi-,th i each other and approximately of the same length.

67; isa loor,y preferably made to .4 imitate theizfloor ofaroo`m.. If.;y desired, said floor may-.be carpetedor-covered avith -a2fabrici (notA shown).

68;and.169gare-mirrorsset at opposite an-v gleS: lldfGXtending from ,said ioorv approXi--V mately `,to the .horizontal ,l plane of the up end,of,thvespools1.7 anddll; but the.height of said l'mirrors may-bevariedl as .desired 7() is;.a stripofsamples of ceiling paper pasted or, otherwise I.secu-red .together one per endofsaid strip; being. firmly secured lto. .sailf spool 41, the strip being, in the first instance, wound .a .pluralinulnber-of .times around said Spooh.- thenoei'calrfid forwardly over thev rected forwardly around -.a vertical guideroller l1?, thence, transversely of the casing,

to and around *a vertical guide roller(not,;

wardly tothe spool 7 towhich-it is fastened at its oppositeend.

72 is afstrip ofsamples .of Wall paper fastenedftogether, which strip is securedat one end to the spool-55, around which it is in thel iirst instance, wound, a .plural lnumber of l times, thence said strip is ed upwardly and forwardly to and overthe guiderol1er52,

thence downwardly and beneath theguide` roller. 66, thence-.rearwardly .to the spool 59, towhich it is secured ,at its .oppositefends The .construction is suchthat the maj or part of thelength-of thestrip 70 may be reeled off of the spool 41 andon to Vthe spool 45, by

rotating the spool45 in one direction,.and may ,beI reeled back again on the spool 41 byI reversing the .direction of Erotation of, the.;V

spools, the power .being applied inthe first,

instanceto the spool 45 and inthe latter instancetothe spool 41. In similaijmanner the strip -mountedon the spools 7 and 11 may.

bereeledbaclrand forth frompne of said spools 7 and 11 to the otherofthem. In. similar -mannerthe strip mounted on the.

spools 55l and y59may be reeled hackandV forth vfrom. one of said spools55 and591tothel other` sof/them. Said paper carrying spools and vtheir driving means arefpreferab y so constructedl that they -will allf-Inoveat the,

saine. rate ofspeed, and are of equal-diameters with1each other. so that the strips car-- ried `thereby willA each; move Van ,e ual,` distance ina givenperiod. The sainplles composingeach stripvare arrangedinthe same order as samples designed to be associated with them for inspection are arranged in the other strips, .so that whensample A -ofceil-l ingpaper is exposed to-view atthefront of,

the machine, sample A oflborder paper Vwill;v

be exposedin proper. relation to it and sample Aof wall paper will be, simultaneously eXposedIin proper relationto `said border pa.-

pen-thus giving thev spectator an op ortunity to judge how the papers from wd sanipleswere taken would look when placed together as they .are designed to be..

If desired, samples lof cloth ,orsilk may be f substituted'in place .of one oranotheror all ich suchl ofthe papers,..and braidpr other trimming maybesubstituted ;for the-border paper,"

thus, making thedeviceofuse vto drygoods houses. 0r, if desired, sheets showing the colors of house paints may be substituted for the samples of wall papers, to show various harmonious combinations of paint or stain colors.

In operation, the samples being adjusted as described on the rolls, and the pinions 8 and 9 being first thrown into engagement with the pinions 46 and 60 respectively, and the pinion 9 being simultaneously thrown into engagement with the gear 61, all of which engaging of pinions and gears is accomplished by throwing over the eccentric 29 by means of the shaft 29a and the crank or key 29C, which operates through the proper connecting rods, levers, rock bars, forks, jaws and hubs to move said pinions 8 and 9 into engagement with said pinions 46 and 60 respectively and to move said pinion 9 into engagement with said gear 61, and which said throwing over of the eccentric operates through other said levers, connecting rods, rock shafts, forks, jaws and hubs to move said pinions 12 and 13 out of engagement with said pinions 42 and 56 respectively, the gear 61 is turned in the proper direction by the crank or key 62, thus turning the pinion 9 which turns the pinion 6() and the shaft 7 and pinion 8 and pinion 46 causing the spool 45 to reel from the spool 41 and causing the spool 7 to reel from the spool 11 and causing the spool 59 to reel from the spool 55. By throwing the eccentric 29 back to former position, the pinions 8 and 9 are put out of operation and the pinions .12 and 13 are put into operation then by ro tating the gear 63, the spool 41 is caused to reel from spool 45, and spool 11 is caused to reel from spool 7, and spool 55 is caused to reel from spool 59. By throwing the eccentric to center, all the spools become idlers because of the disengagement of all the pinions, and the spools may then be manipulated by hand to correct any displacement of the sample strips that may have occurred.

It is obvious that within the spirit and scope of my claim said construction may be modified in various ways.

What l claim is:

As a new article of manufacture, a display apparatus comprising a casing, a set of parallel reels positioned near one end thereof, a set of parallel reels positioned near the opposite end of said casing and extending parallel to the first said set, one of the reels of each of said sets being provided with a terminal pinion near one side of said casing, another-of the reels of each of said sets being provided with a terminal pinion near the opposite side of said casing, a rotatable shaft positioned near one side of said casing and intersecting of the line of the rotary axis of each of said reels, pinions slidably keyed to said shaft, one of said shaft pinions being adapted in operative position to engage the pinion on one of the reels of one of said sets and in retracted position to disenga'e therefrom, the other of said shaft pinions lbeing adapted to engage the pinion on one of the reels of the other of said sets and in retracted position to disengage therefrom, a rotatable shaft near the opposite side of said easing interseating the line of the axes of rotation of the reels of each of said sets, a pinion slidably keyed to the latter said shaft and adapted in operative position to engage the pinion on the other of the reels ofthe other of said sets,

`means for simultaneously moving the pinions on either one of said shafts into operative position and for simultaneously retracting the pinions on the opposite said shaft, means for rotating one of said shafts, means for rotating the other of said shafts, and a third set of reels comprising a reel carried by each of said shafts intermediate of the pinions thereon.

In testimony whereof l hereunto affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY O. JOHNSON. Vitnesses:

JAMES T. WATSON, PAUL THoMPsoN. 

